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ACCIPITEES. 



Habitat. Derby (N.W. Austr.), Port Darwin, Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Eockingham Bay, Port Denison, 

 "Wide Bay District, Northern Coastal Districts of New South 

 "Wales, New Guinea, Celebes, Louisiade Archipelago, Solomon 

 Islands. 



Measurements of average-sized specimens. 



Ale? ad. mntd. 

 A 2 <? ad. mntd. 

 A 3 2 ad. mntd. 

 A 4 2 ad. mntd. 



Port Denison, Queensland. 



Col. 

 Col. 

 Col. 

 Col. 



2. Haliastur sphenurus. 



The Whistling Eagle. 

 Cinereous Eagle, var. Lath Gen. Syn. Suppl., p. IS (ISOl) ; Shaw. 

 Gen. ZooL, vol. vii, p. 80 (1809). 



Milvus sphenurus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. tVHist. Nat., torn, xx., p. 564 



(1818); id. Enc. Meth., p. 1204 (1823) ; Vieill. Gal. Ois., torn i, p. 



41, pi. 15 (1825); Less, Traite d'Orn., p. 71 (1831); Swains. 



Class!/. Bds., vol. ii, p. 212 (1837). 

 Haliaetus canorus, Vig. and Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. xv, p. 187 



(1826) ; Less, Man. d' Orn., torn, i, p. 86 (1828) ; id. Trailed' Dm. 



p. 44 (1831) ; Gould, Sijn. Bds. Austr., pt. iii, pi. 3, fig. 2 (1838) ; 



Gray, List Bds. Brit. Mus. Accipitr., p. 12 (1844). 

 Haliastur sphenurus, Gould, Bds. Austr., vol i, pi. 5 ; Gray, List Bds 



Brit. Mus. Accipitr. p. 27 (1844); id. Gen. Bds., vol. i, p. 18 



(1845) ; Bonap. Consp. Av. tom. i, p. 15 (1850) ; id. Bev. et Mag. 



de ZooL, 1854, p. 532 ; Sttirt. Exp. Centr. Austr. App., p. is 



(1849); Strickl., Orn. Syn., p. 74 (1855) ; Gray., Proc. ZooL Soc. 



1858, p. 189 ; id. Cat. Bds. New Guin., p. 54 (1859) ; Sclater, Ibis. 



1859, p. 276; Verr. et. Des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de ZooL, 1860, p. 

 385; Finsch. New Guin., p. 154 (1865); Gould, Hand-hk. Bds 

 Austr., vol i, p. 20, sp. 5 (1865) ; Ramsay, Proc. ZooL Soc, 1867, 

 p. 393 ; Gray, Hand-list, vol. i, p. 18 (1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. Bds. 

 BriL Mus., vol i, p. 316 (1874) ; Salvad. et D'Alb. Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Gen. vii, p. 804 [l^'tb); Ramsay, Proc. Linn, Soc, N.S. W., vol. i, 



